Unit 27/28 antlered whitetail, general (Dec 12 - Dec 31)
- Hunt code
- 1098-2025
- Unit
- 27/28
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Season
- General, Dec 12 - Dec 31
- Draw years
- 2022–2025
Not offered in the draw after 2025. The figures below are its last draws.
In 2025, 27 of 756 residents drew (4%). The bonus-point pool reached 11 points. 22 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 1 point.
In 2025, 3 of 278 nonresidents drew (1%). The bonus-point pool reached 18 points. 2 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 4 points.
Harvest success in 2025 was 48%.
2025 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 18 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 7 | 41 random | 57% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 1random | 8% |
| 8 | 15 | 1random | 7% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 27 | 5random | 19% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 39 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 50 | 1random | 2% | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 82 | 7random | 9% | 24 | 1random | 4% |
| 3 | 131 | 5random | 4% | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 150 | 1random | 0.7% | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 164 | 1random | 0.6% | 49 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 74 | 0 | 0% | 54 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 756 | 27 | 4% | 278 | 3 | 1% |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2025 | 33 | 756 | 27 | 11 | 278 | 3 | 18 |
| 2024 | 33 | 693 | 27 | 10 | 281 | 3 | 19 |
| 2023 | 33 | 663 | 27 | 9 | 211 | 3 | 15 |
| 2022 | 27 | 838 | 23 | 10 | 214 | 2 | – |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 13 | 48% |
| 2024 | 23 | 18 | 78% |
| 2023 | 26 | 12 | 46% |
Reading these numbers
Arizona uses bonus points. In each draw, 20% of a hunt's permits first go to the applicants with the most bonus points who listed it as their 1st or 2nd choice. The rest are drawn at random among 1st and 2nd choices together, where each bonus point buys an extra chance, and leftovers go to 3rd-5th choices. Because 1st and 2nd choices compete in the same passes, applicant and permit counts here include both choices, which is how AZGFD prints them. Nonresidents are capped, usually at 10% of a hunt's permits. AZGFD renumbers hunts most years, so a hunt's number can differ from one year to the next.
- 2023AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 665 in the point rows vs 663 in the draw report.
- 2022AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 832 in the point rows vs 838 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 219 in the point rows vs 214 in the draw report; bonus pass permits (NR) 0 in the point rows vs 1 in the draw report; bonus + 1-2 pass permits (NR) 1 in the point rows vs 2 in the draw report.
Other hunts in unit 27/28
Units listed next to it
In AZGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 24B antlered whitetail deer, general (Oct 23 - Oct 29)
- Unit 24B antlered whitetail deer, general (Nov 6 - Nov 12)
- Unit 27 antlered whitetail deer, general (Oct 30 - Nov 5)
- Unit 27 antlered whitetail deer, general (Nov 6 - Nov 12)
- Unit 28 antlered whitetail deer, general (Nov 27 - Dec 6)
- Unit 29 whitetail deer, general (Oct 21 - Oct 27)
- Unit 29 antlered whitetail deer, general (Oct 23 - Oct 29)